‘Nashville’s Big Bash’ Live Telecast Interrupted by Technical Problems

CBS confronted a technical snafu that knocked the live broadcast of “New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash” off the air for about 12 minutes on Wednesday night time.

In the interim the network ran an episode of “Matlock,” an abrupt shift that tremendously confused viewers who had tuned in for a choice of nation music superstars acting from Nashville and other places in the lead-up to midnight. The interruption got here about 50 minutes in to the 5 and a half hour particular.

The circumstances behind the technical issues weren’t solely clear.

At about 8:50 p.m. PT, singer-actor Lainey Wilson was in the center of a tune when out of the blue it was interrupted. Soon thereafter a voice talked about “technical difficulties,” and after that CBS reduce to a string of commercials. Those have been adopted by an episode of “Matlock” that appeared to start in progress. Finally, after about 12 and a half minutes, hosts Bert Kreischer and nation singer Hardy got here again on and apologized for the interruption. Singer Gretchen Wilson then took the stage.

The event is staged at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park in Nashville. The 2025 telecast featured appearances by such nation notables as Jason Aldean, Bailey Zimmerman, CeCe Winans and the Fisk Jubilee Singers, Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Rascal Flatts, Riley Green, Marcus King, Megan Moroney, Zach Top, Keith Urban and Stephen Wilson Jr.

“Nashville’s Big Bash” is govt produced by Robert Deaton and Mary Hilliard Harrington in partnership with Music City Inc., the basis of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp.

(Pictured: Lainey Wilson performs at the Nashville’s Big Bash event telecast live on CBS)